Last night Giant Step hosted the first installment of the Svedka Vodka Sessions, held in the ivy-covered courtyard of Private Park at the Hudson Hotel against an aural backdrop of music spun by Mark Ronson. Both harboring minor crushes on the dapper DJ, beauty editor Emily and I danced the evening away (along with Watchmen actress Malin Akerman and Entourage's Emmanuelle Chriqui) to his eclectic set, which was followed by a performance by emerging hip-hop act Wale, who signed with Ronson's Allido Records last year. Speaking of Ronson protégés, Daniel Merriweather—best known for his acclaimed cover of the Smiths' "Stop Me" on Ronson's 2007 album, Version—recently released his second studio album, Love and War.